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Taxonomy
Ameiva was named by Meyer (1795). It is extant.
It was assigned to Teiini by Estes (1983); to Teiidae by Carroll (1988) and Frank and Ramus (1996); and to Teiinae by Harvey et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Teiini by Estes (1983); to Teiidae by Carroll (1988) and Frank and Ramus (1996); and to Teiinae by Harvey et al. (2012).
Species
A. alboguttata, A. ameiva, A. atrata, A. atrigularis, A. auberi, A. bifrontata, A. chrysolaema, A. cineracea, A. concolor, A. corax, A. corvina, A. dorsalis, A. erythrocephala, A. exsul, A. fuscata, A. griswoldi, A. lineolata, A. major, A. maynardi, A. parecis, A. plei, A. pluvianotata, A. polops, A. praesignis, A. provitaae, A. taeniura, A. wetmorei
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1795 | Ameiva Meyer |
| 1983 | Ameiva Estes |
| 1988 | Ameiva Carroll |
| 1996 | Ameiva Frank and Ramus |
| 2012 | Ameiva Harvey et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Ameiva Meyer 1795 [whiptail lizard]
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Ameiva alboguttata Boulenger 1896 [Common Puerto Rican ameiva]
Ameiva ameiva Linneaus 1758 [Giant ameiva]
Ameiva atrata Garman 1887 [Redonda groundlizard]
Ameiva atrigularis Garman 1887 [Venezuelan ameiva]
Ameiva auberi Cocteau 1838 [Cuban groundlizard]
Ameiva bifrontata Cope 1862 [Khaki ameiva]
Ameiva chrysolaema Cope 1868 [Common ameiva]
Ameiva cineracea Barbour and Noble 1915 [Guadeloupean groundlizard]
Ameiva concolor Ruthven 1924
Ameiva corax Censky and Paulson 1992 [Little scrub groundlizard]
Ameiva corvina Cope 1861 [Sombrero groundlizard]
Ameiva dorsalis Gray 1838 [Jamaican groundlizard]
Ameiva erythrocephala Shaw 1802 [Red-faced groundlizard]
Ameiva exsul Cope 1862 [Puerto Rican giant groundlizard]
Ameiva fuscata Garman 1887 [Dominica groundlizard]
Ameiva griswoldi Barbour 1916 [Griwald's ameiva]
Ameiva lineolata Dumeril and Bibron 1839 [Pygmy blue-tailed groundlizard]
Ameiva major Dumeril and Bibron 1839 [Guadeloupean giant groundlizard]
Ameiva maynardi Garman 1888 [Great Inagua ameiva]
Ameiva parecis Colli et al. 2003 [calango]
Ameiva plei Dumeril and Bibron 1839 [Anguilla bank groundlizard]
Ameiva pluvianotata Garman 1887 [Montserrat groundlizard]
Ameiva polops Cope 1862 [St Croix ameiva]
Ameiva praesignis Baird and Girard 1852 [Giant ameiva]
Ameiva provitaae Garcia-Perez 1995 [Mato trompa roja]
Ameiva taeniura Cope 1862 [Hispaniolan blue-tailed groundlizard]
Ameiva wetmorei Stejneger 1913 [Puerto Rican blue-tailed groundlizard]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available